Weddzilla Post: A"Dog"able Wedding Ideas

Are you thinking, "I want my dog in my wedding, just not AT my wedding?"  Check out my post on the Weddzilla blog today for some ideas, like this one:

{image via Trendsetting Wedding}

Arriving in Style

Limos are so last year.  Looking to add a little bit of zest to your bridal arrival? Here are some wonderful and wacky ways to leave a lasting impression:

{image via MyWedding.com}

{image via Heritage Gown}

{image via Photo.net}

{image via Dolphin Dream Weddings}

{image via AzzuraBlog}

Ode to my Guzband

Before there was my soon-to-be husband, there was my guzband.  Yes, you read correctly.  Guzband. As in, my gay husband.  He also, as it happens, is my man of honor.  And this decision, apparently, makes me very trendy (and trust me, I'm never trendy so I'm feeling very cool right now).


According to a 2010 WeddingChannel.com survey, an overwhelming 63% of brides would ask their best friend to be a ‘bridesman’ or ‘man of honor’ if they were a guy.


My Guzband (or main gay as he refers to himself) and I have known each other for over a decade.  He's seen me go from frizzy haired middle schooler, never been kissed 15 year old, crazy kissing-obsessed college girl, single and ready to mingle 20-something and now, finally, engaged semi-domestic goddess. 


Through all the breakups and bad jobs, hangovers and disastrous dates, he has always been there to make me laugh, bake cookies with me, and slap me back to reality ("you won't be single forever!" was a refrain he must have repeated at least 2,000 times).


So even before I knew that picking my Guzband to be my man of honor was tres chic, I had already given him the title.  Because really, I couldn't imagine anyone but him escorting him into the next phase of my life.

Getting Weddy

This past Saturday was my birthday, but really it was more like a chance for people to bestow wedding paraphernalia on me. Which was awesome - since I need all the help I can get.

My favorite bride-focused present was the Our Wedding Journal book by Elizabeth Lluch.  I love it!  It's not telling me to pick colors, think about seating assignments or register for a range of household gadgets.  It's just about... US.  Which, in the frenzy of planning, many of us brides-to-be push to the side.

It gives you spaces to fill in all the what's, where's, and when's of your entire relationship - from the time you met to the time you jet off to your honeymoon.

I've already purchased a few more to give as gifts to friends who are preparing to walk down the aisle. It's truly the perfect way to record all the important details of how got swept off your feet and landed in holy matrimony.

I have said "I DO" to this book!

It's Polite to Gawk

 My name is Kim and I have a staring problem.  I don't even realize I'm watching people until someone (fiancee, friend, family member) yells at me to stop being rude.  I honestly can't help it - I get invested in strangers!  I love imagining what they're talking about and creating crazy scenarios (once, I saw a couple at Starbucks and decided that they were in the midst of a breakup. I had a whole soap opera type plot line developed over the course of one soy latte).

Which is all to say, that when my friend (and bridesmaid) Wendy sent me a link to WeddingGawker.com I became obssessed. Immediately.  I spent an hour staring at the beautiful wedding photos and ideas submitted by people across the world.  It not only satisfied my staring, it has given me some great ideas for my future nuptials.  Thank you WeddingGawker.com - I can now embrace my addiction without guilt.

Here are a few of my favorite photos (and creative ideas):

 

via inspiredbride.net

via 100layercake.com  

via Merci New York

A To-Do List Junkie

Two days after we got engaged my mother asked me where we were registered.  

No joke.

And five days after that, everyone started asking what kind of wedding we wanted, where we wanted it, what was our color scheme... it was a never ending barrage of questions.

For someone who really thought she would just get engaged and then many months later just show up to a ready made party - this was relatively overwhelming.  And by relatively, I mean extremely.

My first response?  Run to Barnes & Noble (my happy place) and get a book that would answer all my questions.  But as I looked at all my options for over an hour, I got overwhelmed. Again.  And left empty handed.  

So when my friend Wendy gave me the Knot Book of Wedding Lists I almost cried. From happiness.

This book is AMAZING!  Who doesn't love ready made to-do lists, broken down into easy-to-read sections?  I've bookmarked pages, I've made the fiancee look at it with me, I've even kissed the cover in gratitude.

And when we finally do go to register?  I'll have a scanner in one hand and the Knot Book of Wedding Lists in the other.